A string based identifier used to identify an ODBC accessible database item (Table, View, Stored Procedure). Basically, this is an X.509 Distinguished Name (DN). This kind of Data Source Name has its ODBC Data Connection attributes (database connection information) stored to a host operating system file, subject to host operating system resource access controls. Note, this kind of data source name also enables you share ODBC connection information across mounted drives (e.g., Dropbox, Amazon S3, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Box., Rackspace, and others).